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Dixon Road Raids Help Complete Infamous Rob Ford Photo

...  cellphone video of Ford appearing to smoke crack cocaine. The Star reporters saw the video outside 320 Dixon Rd., one of the … Read more on Hamilton Spectator Former Inmates “Breaking The School To Prison Pipeline" by Franklin Chavis I… Continue reading

Weed Helping Crack Addicts Detox in Bogota and Beyond

...  Helping Crack Addicts Detox in Bogota and Beyond “When it comes to quality, basuco is some of the least pure cocaine out there. … “The most common reasons given for substituting were: less adverse side effects (65%), better symptom… Continue reading

Cocaine, Meth and Cash Found in Mount Storage Unit

...  meth and cash found in Mount storage unit Cocaine is an imported, highly addictive powder drug not commonly found by Police in Bay of Plenty. Supplied. A 50-year-old Tauranga man and his 21-year-old son, both sickness beneficiaries, will appear… Continue reading

Do You Think Drug Dealing Laws Are Unfair to Blacks? Obama Does.?

...  by Michelle M: Do you think drug dealing laws are unfair to blacks? Obama does.? The Obama administration is asking Congress to close the big gap in prison sentences for dealing crack versus powdered cocaine, a law that critics… Continue reading

Missing Step in Fair Sentencing

...  step in fair sentencing The difference in sentences for offenders convicted of possessing crack cocaine and those with powdered cocaine represented one of the more egregious disparities in the criminal justice system before Congress revised the law two years… Continue reading

Violent Crime Fading Specter for the GOP

...  specter for the GOP Filed under: crack cocaine disparity He signed a bill reducing the disparity in penalties for crack and powder cocaine possession under federal law, a modest reform that enjoyed Republican support. His administration suggested waivers of… Continue reading